Who could not have stopped at this exhibit and gawked at the sheer beauty of this phone?

Who could not have been amazed as the phone was first submerged in the sloshing liquid and then re-emerged looking almost more beautiful than before?

And who could not be amazed that, outside the vast bowl of water, there were two slightly drier, but equally lissom ladies using the Xperia Z1 to, gosh, take pictures of the two ladies who were diving for their dinner?

Long has been the controversy over so-called booth babes. One gaming expo in China even banned them.

But Sony's aren't booth babes. They're more diva divers, searching into the very soul of the product.

Marketing isn't easy, people. You have to know your audience and set the right tone.

You have to consider every word and every moment. And you have to choreograph to perfection.

Then you have to create something that is just so right for the product that everyone seeing it will wonder why they didn't think of it first.

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Chris Matyszczyk is an award-winning creative director who advises major corporations on content creation and marketing. He brings an irreverent, sarcastic, and sometimes ironic voice to the tech world.
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